In ten days, the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) of the CDMX confiscated a ton of pyrotechnics transported in the Collective Transportation System (STC) Metro.
Result of the operationZero Pyrotechnics” implemented in Metro stations on the occasion of the December celebrations, the SSC secured just over a thousand kilos of these products in the Lines 1, 2, 3 and 8.
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In the deployment, which began on December 16, approximately 843 kilos of fireworks were seized at the Merced station, Plaza Carrizal and inside the market.
With the objective of reducing the transportation of fireworks in the transportation system, checkpoints were implemented at stations such as Merced, Candelaria, Pino Suárez, Zócalo, Allende and Fine Arts, in which users are asked to inspect backpacks or bulky packages.
Additionally, surveillance tours are carried out in corridors, platforms, correspondence areas and inside the trains.
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He Comet Operation against fireworks is also implemented in public markets, pilgrimages, flea markets and supply centers in the capital, in order to combat the illegal sale of this merchandise.
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